PSYC12H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Innocent Victims, Sideburns, Boxing Day Shooting
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Week 2 lecture #2: thursday january 14, 2016. Class overview: prejudice today, movie true colours, discussion, origin of stereotypes, cognitive. Surroundings & situations: socio-cultural & motivational. The group that would be asked to pay the most money on a used car are black males. Contradictory to common belief (white males: how would we study the existence of race/gender discrimination in car buying, 4 twin testers, age, education. Sophisticated, given a lower/higher amount: attractiveness, dress, script. Trained and say the exact same things: same dealer, same car. Black males are asked to pay 1k more than white males. Asked to pay the most amount of money. Even tho white males are able to pay the most for used cars. Black females asked to pay more than white females & males. Discrimination when buying a new car: why would salespeople: Salespeople able to sympathize and empathize w/ white males more.
